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Hi all:
Is there some way to make planes stationary? I've put the L5 Sentinel in the game and want it as a stationary plane. Setting it on the ground with no fuel or ammo makes the crew bail and the plane disappears.
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Plantoid 1 Wrote:Hi all:
Is there some way to make planes stationary? I've put the L5 Sentinel in the game and want it as a stationary plane. Setting it on the ground with no fuel or ammo makes the crew bail and the plane disappears.
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In the FMB in the drop down list you will fine STATIONARY PLANES use those.
first of all, do u have the JSGME?
For jets, it is easy.
You can populate most airfield aprons, parking locations, adjacent dispersed grass/field parking spots,etc, with 'real' aircraft (AI flyables) rather than
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Hi all:
RedrumSalad: I have a heavily modded 409b1m version of IL2 - no UI or any other mod-pack, thus no JSGME.
Doolittle81: I've tried your way and yes, if the planes are facing each other, they just stay there with their props spinning and they don't go anywhere. This may be a small price to pay but there must be the better solution of having the L-5 and other new aircraft as Stationary Aircraft so they can be placed as parked aircraft.
So, the question still stands: Is there some way to make planes stationary? There HAS to be a solution because someone has added new planes as stationary - the F4U-1 comes immediately to mind. It was an addon that I believe was cloned from the Corsair MkI but still didn't exist until someone added it as a Stationary Aircraft.
And that brings up something that's been in the back of my mind for ages as well: could we make different versions of stationary planes of the single version flying aircraft we now have? Example: we have the F4U-1A Corsair. Could another (for want of another word) slot, be made for a stationary model so we could have different paint schemes on the ground? I've seen photos of airfields and sometimes there was a bewildering array of paint schemes as camouflage evolved during the war. I currently use the F4U-1 and Corsair MkI on the ground as different paint schemes at bases in the Solomons and it looks pretty good.
Thank you all for your help in this endeavour.
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Plantoid,
As I understand it, to include an aircraft as stationary requires a class file. Despite what you and I think - that a stationary aircraft should be a fairly simple ( and well thought out) procedural inclusion it is not. (I'd like to see the stationary aircraft as part of every modded new slot aircraft and included in the download myself).There is a fairly up to date Static Aircraft file, and also now an updateable static aircraft mod - at SAS I think. There is also an explanation of the structure and reasoning behind why static aircraft are not simply to be "written in" to a file somewhere ( I wish) by someone who understands it - I do not - I just use what smarter people release.
I believe it is SAS CirX who gives the explanation.
There is also a cheat to get an aircraft that you want as a static in FMB by selecting the flyable version, and placing a Take off waypoint, and one other waypoint, then moving the TO waypoint to where you want the aircraft to be, and the other waypoint in the direction you want it to face. Then in the properties tab, select 0 fuel, and I believe that's it. This also has the advantage that you can skin this AC however you want - another omission in the stationary ac mechanism in my opinion.
I hope this works for you - if it doesn't check out the info at SAS. It is explained there by the modding experten - rather than a well meaning but not all that well informed user such as myself.
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I think you should click the no parachute option.
